Family Friendly Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs
My kids aren’t fussy eaters at all, but sometimes I like to make them a dish that I know they will love as a special treat. My family friendly teriyaki chicken meatballs recipe was just such a meal. The kids have been really good, they had to eat so many (accidentally) hot Indian dishes, when I was testing recipes for “An Indian ThermoKitchen” cookbook. Then I moved onto the Mexican cookbook. They started off loving the idea of nachos, tacos and burritos every night, but after a while, they just wanted a plate of plain old bangers and mash.
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Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs
This is a simple, family friendly recipe. Cooking the meatballs in the oven is a real time saver as you can make the sauce while the meatballs cook!
Ingredients
Chicken Meatballs
- 1 kg chicken mince
- 120 gm onion quartered
- 15 gm fresh ginger
- 15 gm garlic
- 225 gm canned pineapple reserve the liquid for the sauce
- 3 slices wholemeal bread
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp salt
Teriyaki Sauce
- 1 clove garlic
- 100 gm soy sauce
- 50 gm cooking sake
- 100 gm mirin
- 60 gm brown sugar
- 80 gm reserved pineapple juice
- 1 1/2 Tbs cornflour
- 2 green shallot finely sliced to garnish
- 1 tsp sesame seeds garnish
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 210 degrees Celsius.
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Prepare a large roasting tray by covering with baking paper.
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Place the onion, garlic and ginger in TM bowl. Chop 4 sec/Speed 9.
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Scrape down the bowl.
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Add the bread and drained pineapple to the garlic mixture. Chop 4 sec/Speed 9.
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Add egg, mince and salt to the ingredients in TM bowl. Combine roughly with the spatula. Knead /2 min.
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Remove the meatball mixture from the TM bowl and place into a large bowl.
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Form small meatballs from the mixture and place on the prepared tray. They will be sticky and wet, but they cook up beautifully.
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Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
Teriyaki Sauce
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Place garlic in a clean TM bowl. Chop 3 sec/Speed 9.
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Scrape down the bowl.
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Add the soy sauce, sake, mirin and brown sugar to TM bowl. Heat 2 min/Varoma/Speed 2 (MC OUT)
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In the meantime, add the cornflour to the reserved pineapple juices and stir by hand until it's combined.
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Add the cornflour liquid to the sauce in TM bowl. Cook 8 min/90/Speed 2 (MC OUT)
To Serve
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Place the meatballs in a serving dish.
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Pour the teriyaki sauce over the meatballs and garnish with shallots and sesame seeds.
Recipe Notes
Serve these meatballs with rice or as an appetiser with a toothpick in the top!
Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs
So tonight I thought I would give them a dish I knew they would love. Teriyaki chicken balls… I actually got in trouble for calling them chicken balls. My daughter was horrified. She thought I may even name the recipe that on this website.
My son just giggled and said, “Do you know what that means mum?” I had to string him along for a while and ask him what the problem was, it’s fun being a parent sometimes.
Sushi Rice Bowl
Anyway, these teriyaki chicken meatballs are super easy and got a big tick of approval from the kids. I decided to serve them in lettuce cups with rice. The kids thought it was a little like a Japanese version of “San choy bow.”
Chicken Meatballs
You can pan fry the chicken meatballs if you like. I found it quicker and easier to just form all the balls at once and place them on a larger baking tray to cook in the oven while I made the sauce.
Thermomix Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs
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